nest egg

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [nest eg]
- /nɛst ɛg/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [nest eg]
- /nɛst ɛg/

Definitions of nest egg words

noun nest egg money saved and held in reserve for emergencies, retirement, etc. 1
noun nest egg a natural or artificial egg placed in a nest to induce a hen to continue laying eggs there. 1
noun nest egg savings 1
countable noun nest egg A nest egg is a sum of money that you are saving for a particular purpose. 0
noun nest egg a fund of money kept in reserve; savings 0
noun nest egg a natural or artificial egg left in a nest to induce hens to lay their eggs in it 0

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Origin of nest egg

First appearance:

before 1600

One of the 39% oldest English words

First recorded in 1600-10

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Parts of speech for Nest egg

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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nest egg popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 50% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

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Synonyms for nest egg

noun nest egg

cache — A cache is a quantity of things such as weapons that have been hidden.
capital — Capital is a large sum of money which you use to start a business, or which you invest in order to make more money.
cd — CDs are small plastic discs on which sound, especially music, is recorded. CDs can also be used to store information which can be read by a computer. CD is an abbreviation for 'compact disc'.
cds — credit default swap

All 19 Synonyms of nest egg